What I saw on the web on 2023.8.29

1. Against Automaticity
   by a literal banana
   https://carcinisation.com/2023/08/22/against-automaticity/
   the fallout from the replication crisis continues
   via rss
   
   
2. The business of silence: is there a hidden cost to noise cancelling?
   by Donna Lu
   https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/28/noise-cancelling-headphones-risks-concerns
   now i'm feeling less deprived about not using noise-cancelling tech
   via boing boing comments
   
   
3. Stopping Reading
   by ex Urbe ad Astra
   https://exurbe.libsyn.com/ex-urbe-ad-astra-9-stopping-reading
   in which Ada and Jo discuss a hopefully not too common problem
   via rss
   
   
4. Sums and products
   by Flying Colours Maths
   https://www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/sums-and-products/
   a delightfully symmetrical approach to a problem i've considered before
   via rss